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Two excellent studies specializing in the "cabinet of curiosities" period of
museum collecting, and thick with footnotes, are
Impey, Oliver and Arthur MacGregor, eds. The origins of museums: the
cabinet of curiosities in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Europe. Oxford,
1985
Pomian, Krzysztof, Collectors and curiosities, Paris and Venice 1500-1800.
Cambridge, 1990.
Bernadette G. Callery, Museum Librarian
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa 15213
Voice: 412-622-8870 FAX: 412-622-8837
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